Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 19, 2016

Hi, ho, villain-lovers! It’s Day 5 of The Great Villain Blogathon 2016, and we’re not slowing down! Read on to check out today’s crop of baddies! And if you upload your post later this evening, don’t sweat it! We will include it in tomorrow’s recap, over at Speakeasy. Enjoy!   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 17, 2016

Speakeasy The big bad blogathon celebrating cinema’s greatest villains brings you another day of dastardly dudes and dames doing dirty deeds. Please enjoy today’s examinations of evil. If you post your entry later this evening, don’t worry, we have a particular set of skills and will use them to fin   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 16, 2016

Day 2 of the Great Villain Blogathon was a day filled with malefactors, wrongdoers, scoundrels and lowlifes. Not to mention brutes, bullies, ruffians, rapscalllions, miscreants, monsters, and just plain meanies! And you know what? We love it! Read on to check out the totally awesome entries served u   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 15, 2016

When Rick over at Classic Film and TV Café announced his 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon in honor of National Classic Movie Day, I was on it like a duck on june bug! I dearly love a good list, and one of my many pleasures in life is to compile...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 15, 2016

Silver Screenings Wow! We’re off to an incredible start to the 2016 Great Villains Blogathon! If you upload your entry later this evening, don’t worry – it will be included in tomorrow’s recap. This blogathon will bring you a wealth of villains from almost every genre in classic and modern...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 11, 2016

It’s not too late to get on board!! Speakeasy View original post 112 more words ~ by shadowsandsatin on May 11, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized Stuff   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 9, 2016

When I viewed this month’s TCM “Now Playing” Guide and saw that Double Harness was airing, I knew in a flash that it would be my Pre-Code Crazy pick for May. Not only is it a first-rate pre-Code that stars two of my favorite performers, but it was also screened at...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 4, 2016

It was the best of times, it was the best of times. Again. The 2016 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood, California, was the bomb dot com. The bomb diggity. It was off the chain. Off the hook. Off the heezy. For sheezy. If you know what I mean....   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 4, 2016

The red carpet. (It’s under there somewhere!) The adventure continues . . . At the last two TCM Film Festivals, I had an “Essential” pass, which allowed me to walk the red carpet for the opening night film. For this event, you get all gussied up and kind of rub...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on April 25, 2016

There ought to be a word for being so late that you’re not even considered late anymore. That would be me, writing about the 2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. (Yes, you read that correctly. 2015.) I’m not even going to bother to give excuses on why it has taken...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on April 12, 2016

“We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces.” An interesting quote in a film that’s chock-full of writers, am I right? Sunset Boulevard (1950) tells the tale of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), faded silent film star who lives in a world built on the shaky foundation of yesterday’s fame. By sheer...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on April 11, 2016

Arthur Kennedy was once described as “one of the subtlest American supporting actors, never more so than when revealing the malice or weakness in an ostensibly friendly man.” But while he was certainly acknowledged for his undeniable talent and versatility, he might also – unfortunately – be counted   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on April 4, 2016

On the surface, my Pre-Code crazy pick for this month doesn’t seem to have a whole heck of a lot of pre-Codiness going on. A Farewell to Arms (1932), based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway and starring Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper, tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers –...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on March 27, 2016

The first time I saw Clarence Muse in a movie was in 1972, in the all-black western, Buck and the Preacher, starring Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. He portrayed a respected, elder member of a wagon train bound for a new territory, who was able to foretell the future by...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on March 15, 2016

Speakeasy The big bad blogathon celebrating cinema’s greatest villains is back! View original post 178 more words ~ by shadowsandsatin on March 15, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized Stuff   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on March 3, 2016

I have to be honest – my Pre-Code Crazy pick for this month, The Purchase Price (1932), is not exactly one of those films that makes me all ga-ga and gooey inside. But while I can’t say that I count it among my favorite pre-Codes, it does star Barbara Stanwyck...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on March 2, 2016

Beautiful, talented, and vivacious, Jean Harlow was born on March 3, 1911, in Kansas City, Missouri. TCM is celebrating the life of this actress on Thursday, March 3rd with nine (count ’em — NINE!!) back-to-back Harlow features. Do yourself a favor and set your DVD player (or your VCR if   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on February 18, 2016

Albert Dekker was a talented and intense actor, with such memorable stage roles to his credit as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, and appearances in more than 60 films, including Dr. Cyclops (1949), Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), East of Eden (1955), and The Wild Bunch (1969). Unfortunately, Dekke   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on February 12, 2016

Wallace Ford’s life was stranger than fiction. He was raised in an orphanage and a series of foster homes. He lived the life of a hobo as a teenager and adopted his stage name from a fellow tramp. His early training as a performer took place n dance halls and...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on February 9, 2016

A guy walks into a bar after a long day at work and orders a drink. After his first sip, he hears a high-pitched voice. “Hey mister! Nice pants!” it says. He looks around, doesn’t see anything, and quickly shrugs it off. After a little bit, he takes another sip...   read more